BovixE Tuberculosis in Its Relation to !]\L\n. 149 



Apt^il U, 1899. 

 Dr. Edward Moore, Albany, New York: 



Dear Sir. — Replying to jour inquirj', I would state that two 

 years ago my herd was examined by the Connecticut authorities 

 and 13 killed, this including everything that was suspicious. 

 Prior to this the milk had been used freely by my farmer and his 

 family, and one or more working on the place and their families, 

 also in my own household, which, while in the country, includes 

 daughter and her three young children. Since that time the same 

 persons have used the milk, cream and butter, and, to the best 

 of my belief, every one of them is in good health and looks as well 

 as Mr. Crane's family, whom you know. I should say that, in- 

 cluding Mr Crane's family, there must have been during the sum- 

 mer at least 10 adults and 8 or 10 children using the products, 

 not including hou-sehold servants. I do not know of a case of con- 

 sumption or any indications of it in any of the persons referred 

 to. 



Very respectfully yours. 



The above letter is from one of New York's prominent finan- 

 ciers, and his herd is one of the best in Connecticut, and, owing 

 to the large percentage of diseased animals, and the number of 

 children as well as adults who have been feeding on their products 

 for a number of years, this evidence is exceptionally strong. 



If we have succeeded in purging the bovine of responsibility 

 for human tuberculosis we have severed the relation supposed to 

 exist and which gave origin to the title of this paper. People 

 everywhere will feel relieved. Cattle owners will vie with the 

 cow-milk drinkers and the beef eaters in their appreciation of the 

 fact, that their minds are now freed from the terrible menace that 

 has heretofore haunted them. The cattle industry will receive 

 new impetus. Physicians will have to educate consumptives to 

 appreciate the necessary precautions they should take, nay, they 

 must take, for the protection of their fellow beings, and healthy 

 people must be made to understand in what ways tuberculous sub- 

 jects are dangerous to them. The imperative need is for meas- 



